Improvement in pumps



c. w. sHoLEs a H.c.vK1-:LLY.

Pumps.

Patented Dec. 2,1873.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GHIPMAN W. SHOLES HENRY (l. KELLY, OEMORRISON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PUMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,247, dated December2, 1873; application led March 31, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, O. W. SHOLES and H. C. KELLY, residing in Morrison,in the county of Whitesides and State of Illinois, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Pumps, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawingforming part of this description, and in which the figure illustrates afront view of our improved pump.

This invention relates to improvements in pumps; and it consists of thecombination and arrangement of the parts thereof, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

To enable others to make and use our invention, we will proceed todescribe it.

The pump-stock or body A, to facilitate its vertical adjustment, issupplied at its lower portion with a smooth and regular surface, whichis of less diameter or thickness than its upper portion, and whichenters the well. In close proximity with the reduced end of thepump-stock is disposed a short upright, a, through which passes a set orbinding screw, a', entering or abutting against the. pumpstock. This isone way by which the pump is made vertically adjustable, while thesaln'e end can be attained by using, in lieu of the binding-screw, awedge, cam, eccentric, or other equivalent means. B refers to astandard, which can be made hollow or solid, and which is alsovertically adjustable through the mechanism composed of the upright band setscrew b, the set-screws b2 b2 and the lateral projections b3 bshaving rings embracing the Said standard, the projections being secured,in any known way, to the pump-stock. This standard acts as a brace tothe pump for assisting in holding it in an upright position, it beingconnected to the pump as above stated. Through it the pump-handle O, forwhich it also forms a bearing, can be adjusted in a vertical plane toany desired point. The fulcrumed end of the pump-handle is bifurcated,so as to embrace the standard B, and thereby augmented in its strength.

The objectof rendering the pump vertically adjustable is, first, topermit of the spout being elevated to any suitable point so as toaccommodate the placing thereunder of vessels or receptacles of variousheights or capacities, as found desirable, particularly in wateringstock. This feature, of course, avoids the necessity of elevating thepump-platform for that purpose. The second reason for making the pumpadjustable is, to enable it to be properly set in the well, as willappear from the following: In cert-ain sections ofthe country it is verydifficult, indeed almost impossible, to get the exact depth ofthe wellwith the tapeline, or other measuring-instrument used for this purpose,in consequence of its great depth and rocky bottom. Such being the case,great trouble and diflicnlty have been experienced'in getting the barrelor body of the pump, after allowing for the screwing of the sectionsthereof together, to rest on the bottom of the well,

and, at the same time, to rest at the proper point upon its surfaceagainst or upon the pump-platform at the top of the well. This objectionto the proper setting of the pump in place is overcome by us, by reasonof our being able to make an allowance of a number of.- inches in thesinking of the pump through the adjusting mechanism, and still secure itat the point desired, and so as to reach the bottom of the well. l

Through the adjustabilit-y of the standard connected to the pump andhandle the stroke of the pump-piston canbe changed without'` alterin thelength of the piston-rod, and the handle adapted to the reach of personsof different statures.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Let-ters Bat-` ent, isy The pump-stock A, and standard B b2 b3secured adjustably to the platform or cover of the well, as shown, incombination with the handle C, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names this 20th day ofMarch, 1873, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GHIPMAN W. SHOLES. HENRY O. KELLY.

Yitnesses:

J. W. GoULD, W. E. SAVAGE.

